By Mustapha Ilo in Maiduguri
At least 3,000 people, mostly women and children, are believed to be trapped without food and other basic necessities in Kala Balge, the Borno State local government liberated from Boko Haram in March by… Read More...

By Samuel Malik
Despite repeated denials by the Nigerian government under former President Goodluck Jonathan that the country hired mercenaries in the war against Boko Haram, the icirnigeria.org has obtained credible information,… Read More...

Nigerian troops continued their clear out of Boko Haram hideouts in different parts of Borno State with successful arrests of suspected insurgents over the weekend.
According to a statement issued by army spokesperson, Sani Usman,… Read More...

By Musdapha Ilo, Maiduguri
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno has warned that although the war against Boko Haram is being won, there may be the emergence of a worse situation if attention is not paid to the root cause of the… Read More...

Nigerian troops stationed at Gamboru Ngala in Borno State last week Sunday fired shots in the air and threatened their commanding officer over a N6 million gift from a politician.
The cash gift was said to have been given to the… Read More...

A soldier was on Monday killed when troops of 153 Task Force Brigade and 5 Brigade continued their clearance of Boko Haram terrorists from their hideouts, the army has announced.
In a statement issued by army spokesperson, Sani… Read More...

“Good evening bros. How Abuja and your work? I been wan call you in the morning but I no fit control myself as everybody here just dey cry. You remember that Fabian daughter wey fire burn? She died yesterday.”
This was a phone… Read More...

The Nigerian army has announced the death of its Chief of Training and Operations, Yushau Mahmood Abubakar, a Major General, who was involved in a ghastly motor accident along Maiduguri-Damaturu road Tuesday.
The accident is said to… Read More...

By Samuel Malik in Maiduguri
Ayuba Ijai counts himself lucky to be alive. Twice, he has literally been on “a journey of no return” but he survived on both occasions. The 30-year-old man has suffered the double jeopardy of being… Read More...

The Nigerian military on Sunday said that it could not confirm the arrest of a popular Boko Haram kingpin, Bashir Sarkin Yanka,"Bashir the King of Slaughter."
Bashir is said to have acted in videos in the past as the notorious Boko… Read More...

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